Glenroe

messrs · 05-01-2016 12:11pm

jacknife wrote: »

i watched the program about Glenroe on sunday night, brought back memories, i grew up with Glenroe, and have the same memories that everyone else had that the weekend was over and school the next day.

i think the program came to the end of its life, Ireland was a different place in 2001, look at Emmerdale Farm how that program changed from a rural drama focused on a family to the soap it is now.

Its a pity there are not more episodes on youtube, generations of Irish people will always remember Glenroe in its heyday and those of us who we in school at the time, the ending theme signaled school was about to begin again

didn't get to watch this on the night, tried to find it on the player but couldn't - anyone know where I may be able to get it?

darkdubh · 05-01-2016 1:36pm

Dinny falling off the ladder was another end of series cliffhanger.

fiachr_a · 07-01-2016 6:05pm

Anyone know what happened to the actor who played Hoppy? Used to work as a barman in Dublin. Last I remember he was in a scene in the Mike Basset movie.

Truckermal · 12-01-2016 10:58am

I'm watching it on YouTube all morning! !

Ruu · 12-01-2016 2:05pm

fiachr_a wrote: »

Anyone know what happened to the actor who played Hoppy? Used to work as a barman in Dublin. Last I remember he was in a scene in the Mike Basset movie.

Here is his IMDB entry.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2689624/?ref_=tt_cl_t8

darkdubh · 14-01-2016 11:58am

Ruu wrote: »

Here is his IMDB entry.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2689624/?ref_=tt_cl_t8

One of Mynas ever expanding brood of teenage children.It was ridiculous the way they used to introduce them into the series.They'd just appear out of the blue in an episode usually argueing with Mynah at the breakfast table about being late for school or something and in such a way that we were supposed to believe they were there all along.As well as Hoppy there was a daughter and I think another son,and they'd all be introduced at intervals when the makers decided it was time for another teenage character in a desperate attempt to get younger viewers.

Hangdogroad · 18-09-2020 4:57pm

Remember this ad Joe Lynch did as Dinny?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzv_xRCFUS8

branie2 · 18-09-2020 10:29pm

I'd forgotten about that!

Hangdogroad · 19-09-2020 8:04am

Mick Lally used to do a lot of ads, though as himself, I dont recall him doing any as Miley.

paleoperson · 20-09-2020 11:34am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Remember this ad Joe Lynch did as Dinny?]

Not really but seems vaguely familiar.

Mick Lally famous for singing also of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpDtHr4f5c

I wouldn't really stay listening to it but lot better than you'd think, right?

Hangdogroad · 20-09-2020 2:13pm

paleoperson wrote: »

Not really but seems vaguely familiar.

Mick Lally famous for singing also of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpDtHr4f5c

I wouldn't really stay listening to it but lot better than you'd think, right?

I remember that was featured in Glenroe in a storyline where he goes to a recording studio and records it in character as Miley.

Luckycharms_74 · 24-09-2020 2:50pm

haveringchick wrote: »

Old thread dredged up here I know but does anyone recall the plot of the last episode of Glenroe?

25-09-2020 11:21am

seo-ireland wrote: »

Miley and Fidelma in the hay. The dirty feckers!

Anyone find Fidelma strangely attractive or was that just due to the lack of talent in the show? (i hope it was the latter)

Nyom nyom nyom :P

Hangdogroad · 13-10-2020 7:16am

The YouTube channel that had the 1985 episode has gone, probably hit with a copyright strike. They had several other later episodes as well, pity.

paleoperson · 13-10-2020 4:22pm

seo-ireland wrote: »

Miley and Fidelma in the hay. The dirty feckers!

Anyone find Fidelma strangely attractive or was that just due to the lack of talent in the show? (i hope it was the latter)

Well most young, fit (and some non-fit) women are attractive. Did I find her unusually attractive? No, she was fairly unremarkable.

Hangdogroad · 13-10-2020 5:47pm

OLDYELLAR wrote: »

Ou member that chuck guy , He was deadly!!
Miley needed a hair cut badly , jesus that song the byroad to glenroe

I'd forgotten about Chuck, lol.He was having it off with Fidelma while she was engaged to Rory I think.

I remember in one of the early series she was going out with a guy called Lar who was supposed to be "ethnic", I think he was Middle Eastern. If I remember correctly the actor playing him looked suspiciously like he was in brown face.

Worztron · 19-10-2020 7:35pm

Whenever I heard the tune - it was time to do the homework!

Hangdogroad · 16-06-2021 9:54am

Firetrap wrote: »

I stopped watching it a few years before it was cancelled - I don't know if it was because the show got worse or if I'd grown up a bit and realised it was a load of rubbish. I have some fond memories of it though - Fr Devereux's greyhound getting impregnated by some Heinz 57, Fiona asking around in the pub for some grass (Miley thought she was on about silage), Dick Moran up to no good.

Like plenty of others here, the theme tune sounded an ominous tone and I didn't have ANY of my homework done.

If I remember correctly it was Terry, the posh English one, who was asking about grass.

the purple tin · 16-06-2021 8:34pm

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

I can't believe she called him an asshole :eek: Glenroe used to be on pre-watershed around 7 or 8 o'clock wasn't it?

17-06-2021 6:14am

the purple tin wrote: »

I can't believe she called him an asshole :eek: Glenroe used to be on pre-watershed around 7 or 8 o'clock wasn't it?

Yes but Glenroe left the stage in 2001- by that time there would have been a level of acceptance by the nation of such rudey words :P

branie2 · 27-06-2021 12:36am

the purple tin wrote: »

I can't believe she called him an asshole :eek: Glenroe used to be on pre-watershed around 7 or 8 o'clock wasn't it?

Remember when Biddy called Fr Tracey a gob*****?

the purple tin · 27-06-2021 6:36am

branie2 wrote: »

Remember when Biddy called Fr Tracey a gob*****?

No, but I won't hold that against her, he certainly was one

Hangdogroad · 28-06-2021 3:40pm

branie2 wrote: »

Remember when Biddy called Fr Tracey a gob*****?

I think I'd largely stopped watching it by that stage, can just about remember him. Funnily that actor Philip O Sullivan also played the younger priest in Leave It To Mrs O Brien, gawdawful 80s "comedy".

Hangdogroad · 28-06-2021 4:00pm

Speaking of swear words in Glenroe Dinny often used to use the word "shagging" or shaggin from the beginning, in the context of "that shaggin useless yoke" etc.

branie2 · 28-06-2021 7:52pm

the purple tin wrote: »

No, but I won't hold that against her, he certainly was one

He was similar to priests from the 1950s

odyssey06 · 28-06-2021 7:55pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Speaking of swear words in Glenroe Dinny often used to use the word "shagging" or shaggin from the beginning, in the context of "that shaggin useless yoke" etc.

My dad does that too... the way feckin used today

branie2 · 29-06-2021 10:34am

Miley's expression "holy god" is mild in comparison then

Hangdogroad · 28-09-2021 2:08pm

The episode that killed off George. I think Alan Stanford had left ages ago at this point in a pay dispute. The writers explained his absence by having him go on an expedition to Peru. Eventually poor George had to go and its handled in an interesting fashion.

https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1442485149988438019

Hangdogroad · 26-10-2021 6:43pm

This sums up Glenroe in its last couple of years. Too many bland, interchangeable teenage characters who youd be pressed to put a name to, bad acting, terrible scripts and cringeworthy attempts to stay relevant.

https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1452950912876564497

Hangdogroad · 05-07-2022 9:34am

How did they handle killing off Dinny in the show? I don't think I was watching it at that point. Presume as with George he died offscreen seeing as Joe Lynch had left accrimoniously?

NedsNotDead · 05-07-2022 2:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119292234#Comment_119292234

My memory might be playing tricks on me but did they not start off the season with his funeral. I think the story was that he died suddenly. But I could be wrong on that score.

While Joe Lynch's leaving probably delivered the final blow to Glenroe, you could argue that it was already past its sell by date at that stage

Hangdogroad · 05-07-2022 6:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119293802#Comment_119293802

Yes, it had been in decline for a good while with uninspired writing, jumping the shark plots and forgettable new characters, the writing was on the wall really from about 97/98 on. It was heavily dependent on a small core of established characters and it couldnt survive the loss of both Dinny and Biddy and a short space of time.

Hangdogroad · 18-03-2024 8:56am

Something I only found out recently is that Joe Lynch did all the voices for an ITV children's cartoon series from the late 70s called Chorlton And The Wheelies. The range of regional British accents he does here is impressive, especially the demented Welsh witch.

Did RTE ever show this, I dont recall seeing it growing up?

https://youtu.be/glA7C8AV1lY?si=TD5TRge6NUhRz4D_

Hangdogroad · 19-03-2024 6:51pm

RIP Emmet Bergin aka Dick Moran.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/03/19/actor-emmet-bergin-best-known-for-role-in-rte-series-glenroe-dies/

Worztron · 20-03-2024 9:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121914160#Comment_121914160

RIP. What age was he?

Hangdogroad · 20-03-2024 10:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121915909#Comment_121915909

No age given, must have been at least mid 70's.

batman75 · 20-03-2024 4:22pm

Rest in peace to Emmett Bergin. We had some cracking local actors in Glenroe. When you compare it to the shite that is Fair City it was light years ahead. Real character, not caricatures.

Worztron · 21-03-2024 7:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121918415#Comment_121918415

I loved the intro music and the great interactions between Miley & Dinny.

Worztron · 21-03-2024 8:19am

Full episode from 1993:

https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1770156935163130264

Worztron · 21-03-2024 8:21am

Newly created Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_Bergin

Worztron · 21-03-2024 8:21am

https://rip.ie/death-notice/emmet-bergin-dublin-blackrock-550574

TinyMuffin · 21-03-2024 8:24am

1993 I was 13.

I remember this actress 😋

Hangdogroad · 21-03-2024 11:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121920552#Comment_121920552

He started in Glenroe from 1983 though, not 93.

Worztron · 22-03-2024 8:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121921262#Comment_121921262

Hi. I didn't make the Wiki. Thankfully someone has corrected that error.

NewbridgeIR · 22-03-2024 10:23pm

I was watching Italian giallo The Iguana With The Tongue Of Fire (1971) on Wednesday evening & Emmet Bergin made an appearance.

It was filmed in Dublin & a couple of scenes in Waterford (bridge in the fog)

Niall Toibin and Des Nealon also turn up. The latter is 1:36 on the trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25Dd1U0ccI

Hangdogroad · 22-03-2024 11:26pm

Hes in this McVities ad which looks like it might be from roughly the same time. The bear sounds like its voiced by whoever did Judge in Wanderly Wagon.

https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/mcvities-teddy-bear/